German Magazine, Rondo, has a new ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for Eleonor Bindman’s J.S. Bach: Partitas recording: “Bindman’s very special ability to breathe life into the musical events and to give every theme, every figure a shape, even a human profile, also characterizes the fast dances, which never slip into mere motor skills, but are lived through…
Phil Muse reviews Oksana Dyka, Constantine Orbelian, and Kaunas City Symphony’s In Questa Reggia recording in the June issue of the Atlanta Audio Club’s Classical Corner: “Oksana Dyka is a phenomenal singer with a very mature soprano voice for one who still appears to be in her youth. … That mature voice throughout every part of her…
Phil Muse reviews Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian’s I Puritani recording in the June issue of the Atlanta Audio Club’s Classical Corner: “Sarah Coburn has all the qualifications to be the Bellini soprano for her own generation, as witness the stratospheric heights to which she soars in her two arias as Elvira in…
Eleonor Bindman’s Bach: Partitas recording makes an appearance in Fanfare Magazine’s “Not To Be Missed” section after a rave review from Raymond Tuttle: “Bindman takes issue with performers who speed through this music—and there are plenty of them. Their work is impressive on a technical level, but not always musically illuminating. It’s not that she…
Olga Kern and the Dalí Quartet’s Brahms & Shostakovich Piano Quintets recording gets a warm recommendation from MusicWeb International: “Their performance of Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet opens with a deliberately paced, but never heavy “Prelude,” whose breadth is sustained by Kern’s noble tone and bronzen voicing, as well as the Dalís’ discreet, but effective swooping. Together…
Today, May 29, 2022, marks the 50th Anniversary of the death of composer Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972). Margaret Ruthven Lang is probably one the most important women in American music but is much less well known today than her contemporaries like Amy Marcy Beach. Delos has been thrilled to have released four recordings of her…
Olga Kern and the Dalí Quartet’s Brahms & Shostakovich Piano Quintets are in the April Editor’s Corner of The Whole Note Magazine: “The contemplative spirit of the opening movements is interrupted by a truly joyous, ebullient Scherzo lasting a brief three minutes. A languorous Intermezzo follows before a playful and melodious Finale brings this beloved…
Colin Clarke reviews Jonah Kim and Robert Koenig’s Approaching Autumn release featuring Grieg, Kodály, and Mark Abel in Fanfare Magazine: “This disc, titled Approaching Autumn, is a real statement from the heart for Korean-born cellist Jonah Kim… his aim is to find “common areas” between people(s) and to learn “what we all actually care about.”…
PianoDao has named Eleonor Bindman’s Bach: Partitas recording a May 2022 Recording of the Month! “Bindman’s approach, very sensibly, is to let this amazing music speak for itself. Opting for unhurried tempi, she approaches the dance movements with poise, her playing throughout the cycle an object lesson in perfectly balanced voicing and articulation. …In my…
Phil Muse’s Classical Corner of the Atlanta Audio Club has a rave review Eleonor Bindman’s Bach: Partitas album coming on May 6, 2022: “Eleonor Bindman continues to impress with every new display of her keyboard artistry. … I became aware of her prowess as pianist and arranger in her earlier recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Seasons plus the Waltz…
As a classical music pianist and artist, I embrace beauty. I seek to share with audiences the powerful emotions that make music so magical, and I try to make people feel that beauty and be part of it. This has been my world, my mission and my mindset. I cherish it; I always will! Such…
Mark Abel shares this photo of a pin given to him by Ali Olshan’s mother, who is Ukrainian. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, both Mark and Carol Rosenberger have been thinking of the “Great Gate of Kyiv” movement from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and were reminded of pianist John Browning’s remarkable Delos recording, which…
Jonah Kim’s new Approaching Autumn release with pianist Robert Koenig and featuring a world premiere from Mark Abel landed a wonderful feature in The Whole Note‘s December 2021 Editor’s Corner: “Kim’s…performance is outstanding – big, brash and gritty as called for in the outer movements; sensitive and lyrical in the Adagio (con gran espressione) – and his…
The UK’s Opera Magazine’s February 2022 issue features a new review for Lawrence Brownlee, Sarah Coburn, and Constantine Orbelian’s I Puritani recording: “Coburn…combines technical accomplishment with sensitive bel canto singing… accurate and affecting. Lawrence Brownlee’s free emission and tonal vitality are prime assets among his credentials for an eager, dynamic Arturo also notable for keen…
Phil Muse offers a rave review of Paulina Zamora’s new recordings of J.S. Bach Inventions, Sinfonias, and Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue on Zamora Plays Bach in the February issue of the Atlanta Audio Club magazine: “You can play “drop the needle” (or its digital-era equivalent) on any track in this program with the confidence of…
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